« Reply #23 on: Saturday 16 September 17 07:29 BST (UK) »
JamJar and Weemalla
Based on the fact the newspaper article states that probate was granted in 1886 to Jane Gibson Booth, wife of John Joseph Booth - it would seem to be the right couple. The only deaths registered in Queensland under the name Booth for 1885 and 1886 are:
1885 - C1534 - Unnamed (m) Booth - parents William Booth and Caroline Bennett. I expect 'unnamed' because it was an infant death
1885 - C79 - Isabella Alice Booth (clearly not who we want)
1886 - C223 - John Joseph Booth - parents Joseph Booth and Maria Underwood
1886 - C594 - Roy Foster Booth - parents Henry Frederick Booth and Eliza Fox
1886 - C3823 - William Booth - parents Coats Booth and Margaret Selby
We can go back to 1884 if you think Probate may have taken that long - they are:
1884 - C1350 - Reuben Booth - born England aged 47 years
1884 - C5236 - Isabella Jane Booth -again not relevant
1884 - C4467 - Sarah Booth - again not relevant
Based on the above deaths registered in Queensland, I believe the John Joseph Booth mentioned in the newspaper in 1886 is the same as the John Joseph Booth who died on 22 Mar 1886.
The article in the Maryborough Chronicle - Fri 9 Jul 1886 states 'John Booth, farmer, Gin Gin, near Bundaberg, to Jane Gibson Booth, the widow.' Other papers say JG Booth for Jane.
I can't really see any reason to believe that Joseph and Maria wouldn't be the parents of this particular John Joseph Booth and that seeing the article says this person was the husband of Jane Gibson Booth - that John Joseph Booth died prior to July 1886.
You have to go back to 1881 to find a male death with name John - but he is John Longely Booth. Prior to that There is a John Smith Booth died inb 1875 and a Joseph Booth died in 1875. I think it is a stretch to think it would take that long for Probate to be completed. I may be wrong though. Hopefully a copy of the death cert might help - but I am doing this for a friend and waiting to see if she wants to purchase it.
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